Sugar Ray Leonard Net Worth|Wiki|Bio: Know his earnings, Career, Fights, Age, Instagram, Height

A renowned American former professional boxer, motivational speaker, and occasional actor, Ray Charles Leonard is famously known as "Sugar" Ray Leonard has an estimated net worth of $120 million as of 2021. He is popularly known for his agility and finesse.

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Income of Sugar Ray Leonard-

Sugar is one of the highest-earning boxers in history. His boxing career has contributed the most to his fortune. He was the highest-paid boxer in the 1980s. Talking about his earnings, Sugar's pay-per-views were an astounding $83.5 million. From his fight against Roberto Duran and Michael Nunn, Sugar made a total income of $30 million. From the first game in the Olympics, he earned $40k. By participating in around 25 fights, Sugar stacked up a huge income of $7.5 million.

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Assets and Properties of Sugar Ray Leonard-

Sugar owns a luxurious house in Pacific Palisades at 1550 Amalfi Drive, Los Angeles, United States which he purchased for a total amount of $6.9 million. The mansion covers a total area of 16,773 square feet and consists of 8 bedrooms and 15 bathrooms. Recently in 2021, Sugar listed the mansion for a total amount of $46.5 million. He also owns a luxurious and classic 1981 Mercedes 380 SLC worth which he purchased for a total amount of $47,169.     

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Professional Career of Sugar Ray Leonard-

In the year 1976, Sugar made an appearance in the US Olympic team in the welterweight division. In the final, Sugar boxed against Andres Aldama, where he was awarded a 5-0 decision and eventually won the Olympic gold medal. Later after winning the gold medal in the Olympics, Sugar decided to continue his studies and officially announced his retirement from boxing. After being pressurized by his friend and family, Sugar made a comeback to his professional boxing career. On November 30, 1979, he fought against Wilfred Benitez for the WBC Welterweight Championship and won the fight and eventually was named the “Fighter Of The Year” for 1979 by The Boxing Writers Association Of America. On March 28, 1981, Sugar boxed against Larry Bonds (the WBC sixth-ranked contender). He was aggressive throughout the match and eventually won the match by knocking out Larry in the 10th round. In 1981, he entered the junior welterweight division and faced Kalule in Huston, Texas.  He successfully defeated Kalule who was the light middleweight champion for two years. Eventually, on September 16, 1981, he was promoted as “ The Showdown “, at the Caesars Palace where he fought against Thomas Hearns in World Welterweight Championship held in Las Vegas. After the intense fight, Sugar finally managed to defeat the former welterweight champion. Their fight was also named the “Fight Of The Year” by Ring. For the same fight, Sugar was also crowned as the “ Fighter Of The Year” and eventually was also named as the “ Athlete Of The Year” by The Boxing Writers Association of America. Sugar rеtіrеd tеmроrаrіlу for about a year from 1982 tо 1983. Не faced hіѕ fіrѕt knосkdоwn іn Мау 1984 against Кеvіn Hоwаrd. Sugar also bесаmе thе WВС Ѕuреr Міddlеwеіght Сhаmріоn. Sugar officially rеtіrеd frоm рrоfеѕѕіоnаl bохіng іn the year 1998. Sugar has made several television appearances and has also worked in many movies. Some of his notable performances in movies include The Leonard/Hearns Saga (1989), The Fabulous Four: Boxing's Greatest 4-Way Rivalry (1991), Boxout (1993), Riot (1996), I-Spy (2002), The Fighter (2010), CounterPunch (2017) and he has also been part of several TV shows as well. 

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Awards and Achievements of Sugar Ray Leonard- 

He has fought in 40 fights out of which he has won 36 fights (25 by knockout and 11 by decision) and has lost only 3 fights. Sugar has been achieved immense  Ѕugаr hаѕ bееn nаmеd "Fіghtеr оf thе Yеаr" four times bу thе Вохіng Wrіtеrѕ Аѕѕосіаtіоn оf Аmеrіса. Sugar has also been crowned аѕ thе “Вохеr оf thе Dесаdе.” Іn the year 1981, Sugar wоn thе Ѕроrtѕреrѕоn оf thе Yеаr Аwаrd frоm Ѕроrtѕ Іlluѕtrаtеd. In the year 1997, Sugar was іnduсtеd іntо thе Іntеrnаtіоnаl Вохіng Наll оf Fаmе.

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Personal Life and Family of Sugar Ray Leonard- 

He was born on May 17, 1956 (age 65 years) in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. Sugar is the son of Cicero Leonard (Father) and Getha Leonard (Mother). He also has a brother, Roger Leonard. In the year 1980, he got married to Juanita Wilkinson. The couple was blessed with two children, Ray Charles Leonard, Jr., and Jarrel Leonard. Unfortunately, the couple got divorced in the year 1990. In the year 1993, Sugar got married to Bernadette Robi. The couple has two children, Camille Leonard and Daniel Ray Leonard. Sugar and Bernadette are living a happy married life.   

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Sugar Ray Leonard's: Engagement on Online World-

Sugar is socially active on the majority of social networking sites. He is followed by 504k followers on Instagram, 266.6k followers on Twitter, and 1.4 million followers on Facebook. 

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